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Mastercard Lands New York Bitlicense to Advance Stablecoin and Digital Payment Infrastructure
27.5.2026
Mastercard Transaction Services (U.S.) LLC received a Virtual Currency License from the New York State Department of Financial Services on Wednesday, giving the global payments company formal standing to operate digital asset services in one of the most tightly regulated financial jurisdictions...
Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Lands Bitlicense to Serve New York Hedge Funds and RIAs
19.5.2026
Galaxy Digital secured a Bitlicense and Money Transmission License from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) on May 18, allowing the company to offer regulated digital asset services to institutions across New York State. Galaxy Scores New York’s Bitlicense Galaxyone Prime...
Bitcoin Firm Strike Lands NYDFS Bitlicense, Expands Bitcoin App to New York Users
6.3.2026
Strike has secured a New York Bitlicense and a Money Transmitter License from the New York State Department of Financial Services, allowing the bitcoin payments platform to offer its services to residents and businesses across the state. The company, founded by Jack Mallers and operated under...
NYDFS Chief Harris to Leave New York Regulator Next Month
29.9.2025
Adrienne Harris, who took office in 2021, will leave the New York Department of Financial Services on Oct. 17
New York Greenlights Bullish With Bitlicense and Money Transmitter Nod
17.9.2025
Bullish just landed New York’s Bitlicense, teeing up a U.S. push with a green light from the state’s financial cop. Bullish Gets New York Go-Ahead for Trading and Custody Arm Bullish (NYSE: BLSH) said Wednesday that its U.S. arm, Bullish US Operations LLC, secured a Bitlicense and a Money...
MoonPay Grabs Coveted BitLicense Approval In New York
4.6.2025
The NYDFS also granted MoonPay a money transmitter license for New York state
NYDFS approves BitLicense for Anchorage Digital subsidiary
16.12.2024
With the addition of Anchorage’s New York arm, the New York financial regulator has approved 34 companies since the BitLicense scheme launched in 2015
NYDFS 'More Eager Than Anyone' for Federal Legislation, Chief Says
26.9.2024
NYDFS Superintendent Adrienne Harris said any federal legislation should still keep a role for state regulators
New York regulator hunts crypto and AI specialist for policy unit
13.8.2024
The NYDFS is recruiting a policy specialist to address key crypto, DeFi, and AI issues within financial services
Cumberland buys the dip? Trading firm deposits $95M to exchanges
7.8.2024
Lookonchain said that Cumberland has already injected nearly $6.28 billion into the crypto markets since October 2023
Crypto trading firm Cumberland secures New York BitLicense
17.6.2024
The New York State Department of Financial Services lists 33 companies holding licenses, allowing them to offer crypto-related products and services
Crypto Trading Firm Cumberland Acquires New York's BitLicense
17.6.2024
The firm said it's one of the only principal trading firms to hold the state's crypto license
Cumberland Earns Bitlicense, Bolstering Institutional and OTC Crypto Services
17.6.2024
According to an X post on Monday, the cryptocurrency trading division of DRW Holdings, known as Cumberland, has been granted a Bitlicense by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). Cumberland DRW Secures Bitlicense Cumberland, a trading desk that provides institutional...
New York sets customer service standards for virtual currency entities
30.5.2024
The BitLicense just got a little tougher with new mandatory standards for treating customers right
Genesis Global Trading Settles With New York for $8M Over Regulatory Non-Compliance, Forfeits Bitlicense
12.1.2024
According to the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), Genesis Global Trading has agreed to a settlement fine of $8 million and will forfeit its New York state Bitlicense as part of the agreement over compliance failures. Adrienne Harris, the DFS Superintendent said Genesis...
New York's Crypto BitLicense Oversight Criticized by State's Comptroller
9.1.2024
The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) is drawing some internal heat over whether it's doing a good job overseeing crypto activity through its BitLicense program, according to a review from New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli
New York DFS “Needs to Do More” on BitLicense program: State Comptroller
9.1.2024
Source: Pixabay Thomas DiNapoli, New York State Comptroller, highlighted that there is a potential deficiency in the state’s financial regulator’s supervision of virtual currency licenses. The Office released a report stressing that the Department of Financial Services (DFS) “needs to...
Crypto World Cautiously Hopeful as California Acts in Absence of U.S. Feds
18.10.2023
Crypto insiders feel they've been burned before in the cauldron of New York’s BitLicense, but they fell that California’s implementation leaves some room for hope
Can Regulators Ever Keep Up With Crypto Markets?
18.9.2023
NYDFS calls for public feedback on proposed crypto regulatory guidance
18.9.2023
The proposals included stricter standards on risk assessments for crypto firms as well as a framework for designating token projects to the NYDFS' greenlist